Dignity

Dignity, and the need to avoid undignified behaviour, are guiding
principles for owners and dominants, and promote the stability and
proper functioning of the household and its interactions with people
outside. Maintaining dignity requires the avoidance of lying, cheating,
lack of effort, or breaking one's word. It also means not compromising
on one's own freedom, including making oneself dependent on others
because of lack of self-discipline, and not compromising one's self in
the face of resistance from submissives and social pressures from
outside the household. In short, it is beneath an owner or dominant's
dignity to engage in unworthy behaviour.